What's Required The local educational agency (LEA) must ensure that to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in purblic or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are nondisabled (34 CFR 300.114 (a)(2)(1) and 20 USC 1412(a)(5)(A).
The LEA must ensure that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of suplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satirsfactorily (34 CFR300.114(a)(2)(1) and 20USC 1412(a)(5)(A).
The LEA must ensure that a continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of children with disbailities for special education and related services (34 CFR 300.115(a).
The ARD/IEP Committee must specify the appropriate instructional arrangement/setting as set forth in 19 TAC 90.63(c).
What We Do What is Inclusion?
A broad belief system or philosophy based on Least Restrictive Environment
A belief that all students have a right to a rigorous education in their home school with non-disabled peers
Less about where students are placed, and more about how they are taught
What are Inclusive Services?
Instructional support services provided for diverse learners with their non-disabled peers in the least restrictive environment.
Required supports that enable students with disabilities to receive educational services in the schools they would attend if they did not have a disability
Supplemental aids and services include instructional accommodations, modifications, adaptations, assstive technoloty, and co-teaching/in-class support facilitation service
Placement in the general education classroom with careful planning, preparation and identified supports
Inclusive Service Delivery Models:
Can vary by campus and are tailored to ensure students' IEPs are implemented to improve student achievement
Include supplementary aids and services, instructional accommocations/modifications/adaptations and assisitve technology,and co-teaching/in-class support facilitation service
Must be explicitly identified in the student's IEP
The school is responsible for the provision of substitute teachers to provide students all instructional and related aids and services when teachers are not present and/or when teachers are present at school, but must be absent from a class period due to previously scheduled work-related duties.
The local educational agency (LEA) must ensure that to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in purblic or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are nondisabled (34 CFR 300.114 (a)(2)(1) and 20 USC 1412(a)(5)(A).
The LEA must ensure that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of suplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satirsfactorily (34 CFR300.114(a)(2)(1) and 20USC 1412(a)(5)(A).
The LEA must ensure that a continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of children with disbailities for special education and related services (34 CFR 300.115(a).
The ARD/IEP Committee must specify the appropriate instructional arrangement/setting as set forth in 19 TAC 90.63(c).
What We Do
What is Inclusion?
What are Inclusive Services?
Inclusive Service Delivery Models:
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